just came home with a new 1187

[rock54]

now the fun begins....what choke to start with...after a deep cleaning

ssx.550
kicks .560
undertaker nonportd .572 ( haven't used in years, up for sell 15.00
   deliverd to you)....email if interestd

or leaning towards order ic .555 and call it a day

by the way i only shoot lead...cheaper and kills them dead...

any input thanks russ

[surehuntsalot]

good luck

[SCDieselDawg]

I've been working on a 26" 20ga 870. I've gotten good 30yd patterns from the SSX with 3" Win double x #5s and Remingtom nitro turkey #5s. 

[rock54]

thanks,i got some remington nitro turkey loads in #5, will be tryn them out too...thanks for the imput....really like #6 shot, has workd on lots of birds that my family has killd, out to 30yds.... thanks russ

[SgtUSMC]

I just bought a choke from Sumtoy for the Fed HWT shells.  Shot them amazing, but what I ended up finding out when sighting in the red dot on the 870 was that it shot lead very well also.

Patterned the Fed Turkey thug 5's really good at 30 and 35.   Since it was made to shoot the Flight control wad I'm gonna try and get some of the #6 lead mag shok with the FCW and see how they shoot.   

Could end up with a 40 yard 20 gauge killer with lead

[VaTuRkStOmPeR]

Sumtoy or rhino

[wmd]

I have two of the 1187 Compact 20s.  The one I shoot has an SSX .550 and I shoot Nitro Hevi 4x5x7.  My son's has an IC .555 and he shoots Nitro Megaweights.  We don't get the numbers Nitro lists, but they are both 130'ish or so.  I haven't done any polishing and our patterning was done under less than ideal conditions (mid-40s with supposedly 10 mph winds that seemed a lot higher).  Both gun/load combos are proven, solid 40 yard killers.

[rock54]

it is at the gunsmith now getn drill and tapd for a scope..

order came in thursday with my ic .555, so as soon as my gun gets
done, it will be putn it together and headn to the range...

will be tryn out the ssx .550 and the ic .555 and seeing which one
is the best with the shells we already have

my gun does have the 26inch barrel...

thanks for input.....russ